Agencies Kyiv 

Dozens were injured in a "savage" Russian drone strike Saturday on a Ukrainian railway station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s rail and power grids ahead of the fourth winter since its all-out invasion.

At least 30 people sustained injuries, Zelenskyy said of the attack on Shostka, a city northeast of Kyiv that lies some 70 kilometres from the Russian border. “All emergency services are already on the scene and have begun helping people. All information about the injured is being established,” he said in a post on X.

Three children were among those hospitalised, according to a Facebook post by the head of Ukraine's national rail operator, Ukrzaliznytsia. One of the company's employees, a cashier, was also treated at the hospital, Oleksandr Pertsovsky added. Russia struck two passenger trains in quick succession, first targeting a local service and then one bound for Kyiv, said Oleksiy Kuleba, Ukraine's deputy prime minister and reconstruction minister.

“Medical teams have already transported the injured to hospitals and are providing necessary assistance. Others (who were at the site) are in shelters overseen by rescuers,” Kuleba wrote on Telegram on Saturday. He said an air raid alert was ongoing at the station. Both Zelenskyy and local Gov Oleh Hryhorov posted what they said were photos from the scene showing a passenger carriage on fire.